Proving Electronic Evidence With Certificate Not Required If Other Corroborating Evidence Is Sufficient To Prove Guilt: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction of the accused in a dacoity and murder case, observing that even if there is non-compliance with Section 65-B of the Evidence Act in proving electronic evidence, the same will not be a ground to set aside the conviction.The bench upheld the conviction awarded by the trial court which convicted the accused persons on the basis of...

Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Trustees Booked For Providing 'Bogus' Doctors To BMC-Run Hospital

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a doctor and trustees of a Trust that supplied 'bogus doctors' to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospital situated in Mumbai's Mulund area, wherein 149 people allegedly died from 2018 till May 2023.Single-judge Justice Manish Pitale granted bail to Dr Sushan Jadhav, Birendra Yadav and Deepak Jain - all booked under charges of...

Driving Vehicle Without Number Plate Not 'Cheating' U/S 420 IPC: Telangana High Court

While quashing a cheating case registered against a two wheeler driver, the Telangana High Court said that the allegation of driving a vehicle without a number plate does not attract Section 420 IPC. A single judge bench of Justice K. Sujana noted that the sole allegation against the accused–of driving without a number plate, does not fall under the purview of Section 420 (Cheating...

Non-Payment Of Maintenance Dues By Association Member Is Unjustified, Hinders Welfare Of Other Members: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has upheld a trial court order decreeing a suit filed by an Apartment Owners Association, seeking to recover the outstanding maintenance dues from one of its defaulting members.A single judge bench of Justice M G S Kamal allowed the appeal filed by M/s.Shangrila Flat Owners Association challenged the order of the first appellate court which had allowed the appeal filed...

Service Bond Is Not A Contract Of Employment, Delhi High Court Upholds ESIC's Decision To Reduce Bond Period From Five/Three Years To One Year Post Qualification

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions filed by the Petitioners challenging the common order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which upheld the decision of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Dental College and Hospital in Rohini, Delhi. ESIC had reduced the service bond period to one year From Five/Three Years after attaining the qualification as per...

Telangana High Court Dismisses Wife's Plea To Transfer Divorce Case To Hyderabad, Cites Free Public Transport Facility For Women

The Telangana High Court dismissed a woman's plea seeking transfer of the divorce proceedings from Nirmal to Hyderabad after noting that free public transport is available to women in the state.The high court passed the order in a petition filed by the wife, seeking transfer of the divorce proceedings from the civil judge's court in Nirmal district to either the family court in R.R. District...

Offence Committed In Foreign Country Can Be Treated As Predicate Offence Under PMLA When Proceeds Of Crime Travels To India: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that an offence committed in a foreign country under laws of that nation can be treated as a predicate offence under PMLA if it has “cross border implications” and the proceeds of the crime have travelled to India. Perusing various provisions under PMLA and Part C of the Schedule, Justice Vikas Mahajan said:“…if an offence has been committed in a...

All Officers Instructed To Scrupulously Enforce S.193 BNSS, Intimate Investigation Progress To Informant: Maharashtra Police Tells High Court

The Bombay High Court was last month informed that the Maharashtra government has issued a circular instructing all the police officers across the State to 'scrupulously' implement the provisions of the newly enforced Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which mandate the investigating officer to update the progress of the probe to the complainant, within 90 days of the registration of...

Money Laundering Includes Every Activity Dealing With Proceeds Of Crime, Not Limited To Final Act Of Integrating Money Into Economy: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act had wider reach and that money laundering would include any activity or process of dealing with proceeds of crime, either directly or indirectly. The court made it clear that the offence was not limited to the final act of integrating tainted money into the economy. Justice SM Subramaniam...

IO Can't Be Forced To Get Statement Of A Particular Witness Recorded U/S 183 BNSS: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is the investigating agency's prerogative to sponsor the witness whose statement they want to record under Section 183 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 [Recording of confessions and statements] and that an IO could not be forced to get the statement of any witness recorded under the said provision. Section 183 of BNSS is almost in...

Habeas Corpus Plea For Accused In Judicial Custody By Order Of Competent Court Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that a habeas corpus plea seeking the release of the accused, who is in judicial custody by virtue of an order passed by a court of competent jurisdiction, and, whose regular bail application has also been dismissed by the trial Court concerned, is not maintainable.Justice Kuldeep Tiwari refused to entertain the habeas corpus plea of a man, who...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Filed Against NCPCR Chief For Allegedly Trespassing Into Orphanage, Passing Derogatory Remarks

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the prosecution initiated against National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chief Priyank Kanoongo, for allegedly trespassing into a Muslim orphanage and comparing the living conditions there with life under Taliban rule. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed Kanoongo's quashing petition. Detailed order...